Warehouse Operative

Job Title:                     Warehouse Operative

Location:                     Telford, Shropshire

Compensation:           £26,820 + Benefits

Role Type:                   Full time / Fixed Term Contract 52 Weeks

Role ID:                       SF70900

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Warehouse Operative at Donnington, near Telford, Shropshire.

The role

As a Warehouse Operative, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will be joining a busy, hands‑on logistics environment where your work directly supports critical operations across the organisation and contributes to essential defence outputs. This is a great opportunity to develop your career, gain experience in supply chain operations, and make a real difference through work that supports national capability.

Day to day you will be required to:

• Action supplier deliveries through the goods inward area and complete inbound receipting
• Operate manual handling equipment to support warehouse activities
• Maintain good housekeeping across the warehouse
• Check product compliance including certification and shelf life
• Pick and prepare outbound orders to meet customer requirements

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

The role is based onsite at Donnington, and the set working times are Monday to Friday, 9‑day fortnight, totalling 37 hours per week.

Essential experience of the Warehouse Operative:

• Basic IT skills and confidence using Microsoft Excel

Qualifications for the Warehouse Operative:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you. However, a forklift licence is desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Application Guidance

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Early applications are encouraged, as we may close the advert ahead of the closing date if we receive a high volume of strong applicants.

Closing date: 24/01/2026